White cray run
Submitted by uncle on Fri, 2019-10-18 08:38
Ok when do they start, early December? Thought I heard the guy on c9 fishwatch say next week.
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Bodie
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i do the same with hokie, lob
i do the same with hokie, lob it up in the air onto the driveway, problem solved!
uncle
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17 in the pots yesterday
Only 2 today.
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still trying
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Been very funny so far this
Been very funny so far this year. I'm checking my pots on the weekend will have had a 5 day soak by Saturday. See how I go.
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Westy74
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Yep 14 yesterday 3 today
Yep 14 yesterday 3 today ....I have a bad feeling that the shallows are starting to get pretty thin...
Bodie
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Wow uncle, whats going
Wow uncle, whats going on???
Plenty again today, our 24 with plenty to spare, crays still in close, dont look like they have walked far.
Sea goat
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wont be able to get my pots
wont be able to get my pots in until the weekend as been away....will be spewing if miss the shallow run!
little johnny
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Limits every day
For some. I have found out this year to pot on top or next to your favourite spots ( not to far away in sand) making the difference between 1 to 6 crays a pot. To a full pot.crazy shit ,against everything I’ve been taught
still trying
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That's what I was finding
That's what I was finding pots on top of lumps getting crays although this year they have been tiny crays compared to the past or even a month ago I didn't know you could even get a undersized white. Pots on sand have been getting me nowhere.
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ranmar850
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Some years they can be crazy fine
other years, you need to be close to the edge. Long and sometimes painful experience from doing it for a living taught me that, while the big kills you could get by going way out in the sand were offset by the number of times you would draw a blank while they were just going off hard against the edge. And I stay with that to this day, right on the edge, on the sand next to the ledge, is where they are put.
ChrisG
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1,0,3,2,OR12mdry pots, first
1,0,3,2,
OR
12m
dry pots, first pull
still trying
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A guy at work just told me
A guy at work just told me his brother is working out of Cervantes and they had 200 pots for only 200 kilos yesterday I don't feel so bad now.
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JohnF
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23 keepers and 1 Tar spot
23 keepers and 1 Tar spot today. i had to sit on Uncle Bodies lap for a while though......
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Belly Fish
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21 today
...and 2 pots were empty. Patchy??
JohnF
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Yeah belly, we had one globe
Yeah belly, we had one globe and one pot with only 1....easy to miss out.
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uncle
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Might be a bit
Blowy tomorrow
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ChrisG
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Second pull of the year,
Second pull of the year, tough going 0,1,0,1,
12m OR just behind the 2mile
boooo
Brock O
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Zeros again for me yesty,
Zeros again for me yesty, both rope wieghts missing...pulled in close for a quick dive...easy bag out, good size and mix.
Johnny comment above sounds correct.
uncle
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7 today
Bit blowy
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Jonstruct
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19 today
off Hillary’s - mixed depths
sea-kem
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Firts check for us on
Firts check for us on Sunday, will report.
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uncle
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???
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Jim
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yeh bit windy today but glad
yeh bit windy today but glad i went got 16 from two pots for my second pull of the season. they were out since last saturday so im stoked there where some in there and even more stoked the pots where still there! fisheries at pt peron ramp today
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meglodon
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Zip + Zip
From 2 pots out in 13 metres from Dawesville. No heads shells absolutely nothing and plenty of fresh bait left in both pots.
What is going on.
little johnny
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Pulled a crap plastic
Today . Full .funny as . It was empty yesterday . All big whites .shocked me
ChrisG
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0,6,5,0 keepers plus couple
0,6,5,0 keepers plus couple of cackers
occy got first pot,
OR 12m
still trying
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We got 20 size today and
We got 20 size today and about 6 under pretty windy on the way back
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hilly9
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9 from 4 pots today, 5
9 from 4 pots today, 5 fathom. Can't complain for a first pull after putting them in on Monday. Bait was barely touched. Definitely a bit of a bumpy ride
kirky79
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First bag out
This morning. A couple of pots are still only producing 1's and 2's but one pot is killing the pig. Mandurah.
Da pirate
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Mindarie..
Bagged again this morning .. 16 with alot
just sized thrown back .. life's good !
uncle
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8 today
And a blue ring
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ChrisG
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Land down hard on your seat?
Land down hard on your seat?
Jim
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haha
haha
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Sea goat
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Put my pots in on Friday. New
Put my pots in on Friday. New widen pots. Reckon any point checking tomorrow? Or think still need to soak? Put one in about 8 m inside the reef and one in 15 behind the 3 mile. Fingers and toes crossed!
ChrisG
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We got our first crays this
We got our first crays this season after being in the water for 36 hours
still trying
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Check it for sure I reckon.
Check it for sure I reckon. They catch fresh but will catch better soaked
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Jim
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I would check them if you
I would check them if you have the time. 7,0 today. Perfect timing with the wind drop at about 10.30. Main roads or some other department at pt peron today checking something. As soon as I saw the flashing lights I backed out of there quick smart. Couldnt be bothered wasting my time waiting to be F..kd over for something minor.
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JohnF
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Easy bag out today. All pots
Easy bag out today. All pots good numbers
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uncle
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10 today nut
Only 5 size
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SeperateKnob
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Yesterday only got a blue
Yesterday only got a blue ring. Today the same and a blue ring occy
still trying
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11 today much nicer ride.
11 today much nicer ride. Somebody dropped their boat on the ramp while I was leaving.
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Bodie
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easy bag today, great
easy bag today, great conditions. Shallow still firing, dont think they have actually walked yet
sea-kem
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!2 for our first pull
!2 for our first pull yesterday all in two pots. The other two pots just heads so Mr Occy had a good meal. Literall about to head out now for another check. Lets see how those Roughy heads perfoem Alan.
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Sea goat
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pulled on sunday, first pull
pulled on sunday, first pull after 48 hour soak. got 3 in one pot in 8 m, and 2 in deeper pot in 13m. all good size whites. no little nasties yet!
still trying
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Worth checking then I have
Worth checking then I have found that wood pots still catch straight away in the past. Well done good feed
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JohnF
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Very patchy today. 10 in one
Very patchy today. 10 in one pot, 5 each in two others, zeros in the last 3 pots.
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uncle
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Got 9
From 13
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Sea goat
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4 today all in shallow
4 today all in shallow potdeeper pot had nothing.
uncle
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12
From 17
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5 today 3 have been in a
5 today 3 have been in a fight with an occy 1 had no legs and no feelers but was size would have thrown at least 15 back. My pot that is usually at the southern end of my line had somehow become second in from the northern end??? Alot of small reds
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bradz
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Deeper. Ocean Reef
Hey guys.
It's a bit slow in shallow of Ocean Reef so I'm thinking of going deeper.
What depth does the sand start after the drop off after about 20m. Just trying to sort out my ropes.
Cheers in advance.
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Da pirate
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10 ...
10 today all sized .. two pots .. brought them
in !! Done for the season.. back onto the
sand for some night beach Fishin..
cheers pirate ..
uncle
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12 from
14 today nice day for pulling
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JohnF
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22 yesterday, 24 today.
22 yesterday, 24 today. Still patchy though
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Brock O
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22 & 24 patchy...lol Had a
22 & 24 patchy...lol
Had a couple mates have there pots go missing behind GI this week..search mission Friday.
Dusty84
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Hi john may I ask what depth
Hi john may I ask what depth your in thanks in advance dustin
johno
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Quick Advice and Quick questions :)
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JohnF
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12m.
12m.
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JohnF
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johno Set your pots on sand
johno
Set your pots on sand but as close to the reef as you can....but on sand. Avoid weed.
Try and set near a nice bit of reef, if nothing else, you will get some resident crays. Once they are walking, just keep moving pots till you hit them, reef less important, can be further on to sand once walking, but you need to be in line with their march path.....I have no idea how or where this is....I just keep moving pots till you hit em. When they are walking, you only need 1 good pot......
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Dusty84
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Cheers johnf
Cheers johnf
hodge
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JohnoIve had my pots on the
Johno
Ive had my pots on the back edge of the 5 out from woodies for the last 8 days and have bagged our 24 everyday very easily.
18mts and you will do well
Piggy
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Hodge
don't have a grady white or a yank boat do ya? haha
Been out the back of the 5 for weeks cleaning up with no one else around, but seems like everyone has cottoned onto it and are bombing everywhere around there now!
I go boating not fishing
johno
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Thanks JohnF for the detaila
Thanks JohnF for the detaila and others Hodge for sharing sounds like the trial in what I will be doing, crossing fingers .. I might get a few.. will post and share my expriences on the weekend! thanks again biys
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ranmar850
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Basic rule for whites, for beginners
Anyone who is new to this. Find good, rough reds ground, something that shows lots of flare,with a sand edge to it. Not just hard bottom. Drop right against the edge just on the sand. This is the safest, most reliable way of doing it. You will always catch a feed, colours may be mixed. Don't get sucked in to thinking you have to be way out on the sand, all the time. You will be, later, but start close to a good edge and go from there.
davewillo
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You're a good bloke to help
You're a good bloke to help out the newbies Ranmar. With your experience they will all hopefully have crays they caught on the table for Christmas!
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ranmar850
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it can be very frustrating
seeing people bag out, you are not doing any good. Takes the fun out of it. I reckon I have seen it all, had some horror days, just for being a few metres too wide. Then the days when you have set them outside everyone else, way off the edge, took a big punt. You get to them last of the day, everyone else has picked up and left. Can't be any good , you think--they come up full!
Every single one of them. And you are the only boat to do any good that day, doubled everyone else. That day, they were wide. So much to learn with whites. So, just remember they were reds before they were whites, get close to where you can catch good reds. Then take it from there.
Pete F
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Been getting 20-30 per pot
Been getting 20-30 per pot out of Lano fora week. Huge crays this year, no need to gauge them.
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ranmar850
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We used to call them milk bottles
lovely stuff
Sea goat
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only 2 today, one undersize.
only 2 today, one undersize. better than nothng i guess! lot of effort for 1 cray though!. will pull again tomorrow, and if no success will change spots.
Curndog
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I been struggling out of
I been struggling out of mindarie a bit this year. Hasn’t been as good for me as the last few years. Hunting the same ground and usually getting a few after a few days of not pulling but not getting good numbers overnight
uncle
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9 from 18 today
Moving out to the reef!
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meglodon
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For me things are very slow
I'm going to move my pots out to the back side of the FF this Sunday and see if things improve out there
JohnF
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Only needed to pull 2 pots
Only needed to pull 2 pots for the bag this morning Lucky as my useless Deckie was very hung over and some other bloke was putting his pots right on top of mine.....
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JohnF
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Only needed to pull 2 pots
Only needed to pull 2 pots for the bag this morning Lucky as my useless Deckie was very hung over and some other bloke was putting his pots right on top of mine.....
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Bodie
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yeap easy crays today, 10+ a
yeap easy crays today, 10+ a pot.
they are walking now
NORUN NOFUN
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Good results today out of
Good results today out of Mindarie, concentrated all 4 pots on one ledge that produces, can't spread out due to so many others coming in and bombing on top or around our pots, so I will stick with this ledge while it lasts and then move them out totally. 40 from 4 pots, 1 pot had 6 big red berried females (first time this year) and lots of bigger whites compared to the last week, not one was undersize. All 4 pots needed a full rebait due to lice, bait had been holding well previously.
uncle
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Yeah 19 from four pots today
Threw back 8 undersize. Baits demolished, great out there once the wind dropped
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still trying
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Good one uncle hopefully my
Good one uncle hopefully my pots are full planning on checking them this arvo if the wind is good. Thinking of trying for some Swan blues on Sunday morning maybe.
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uncle
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Bluies later
Sounds crazy but looks loke they are just starting
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Westy74
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Yep same for me. 11 from 20
Yep same for me. 11 from 20 today. Getting better which is weird.
Sea goat
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donuts for me today, think
donuts for me today, think may have to move a bit deeper.
uncle
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We're still in 10 metres
Was going to shift out today. But not after this catch
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ranmar850
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Very early up here,
On a par with the earliest I've ever seen them.
still trying
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I got 7 keepers lost alot to
I got 7 keepers lost alot to occies I think they know it's an easy feed now
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Curndog
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Got 13 overnight and they
Got 13 overnight and they were feisty fuckers. Losing legs everywhere haha
sea-kem
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Interesting, can't wait to
Interesting, can't wait to check ours Sunday.
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Brock O
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Few dives Friday
Few dives Friday produced...pulled me pots for me first keeper...yeah hard! Had no legs and a head next him.. rebait and pull again Sunday.
Gezzz the patch on north tip of GI must have 40 pots easy in a 100 m radius....reminded me of snapper fishermen..
still trying
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I'm in that group sometimes
I'm in that group sometimes I have that whole strip to myself. Plenty of crays there.
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Brock O
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I dived it last year did
I dived it last year did ok...only remember 2 -3 pots max
Deleted
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Got The worst snagged pot
Got The worst snagged pot we've ever had. Try and get it next week
Jim
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Where i normally pot is
Where i normally pot is chockas with pro pots never seen so many there!
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